0:25-7:47 CARNATION (Belgium) Cursed Mortality — Carnation's 2020 album was topnotch, and this matches it!  Melodic groove, chomping and galloping pace with incredible guitar solos.  

8:56-19:22 CH'AHOM (Germany) Knots of Abhorrence I — Tribal, fervent, swarming primordial death and black.  What a trip.

19:53-24:20 XOTH (Seattle) Sporecraft Zero — Intricate death in a sci-fi fantasy soundtrack, a tight blast of earworm fun.

24:51-34:17 PLAGUE RIDER (UK) The Refrain — Composed yet crazed compositions, snarls of guitar in mayhem.  Close your eyes and experience it.

34:55-38:36 ÆOLIAN (Spain) Dreams or Reality — Complex, skillful guitars with a blend of vocal styles, experimenting in the strange and the classic.   

39:19-44:09 JUST BEFORE DAWN (Sweden) Innocence Lost — Beautifully headbang-worthy with intense concepts of war, including melancholy melodic and precision from start to finish. I of course love the melodic black metal song.

44:48-49:39 THE RITUAL AURA (Perth) In the Warmth of Its Glow We Thrived — Disparity throughout the album with sweet horns and full strings coupled with proggy technical death and the hottest fucking demonic screech battling for lead.

50:12-55:08 AUTOPSY (CA) Rabid Funeral — Vintage death metal, raw and unadorned with retro goodness including punk, thrash and attitude.  Slow becomes horror, and still brutal.

55:54-END SUFFOCATION (NY) Dim Veil of Obscurity — Another 80's-started legend with muscles popping and a physical pace driving a fist down into our temples.